Increase productivity and team morale with a memorable team kick-off event
The beginning of a new financial year or calendar year is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate success, and regroup and set the stage for team success for the year ahead. There is no better way to do that than an in-person spectacular team kick-off event.
As a full-service events management company that specialises in employee engagement events, we’re here to actually make that vision a reality without adding a tonne of extra work to your already overflowing workload.
Let’s dive into how we can turn your vision into a reality…
Why a team kick-off event matters…
A team kick-off event is an investment in your team’s morale, it will motivate them and increase cohesion, and then enable better company performance from the productivity boost you’ll get. Here’s what we ensure your event will involve and why the event is a no brainer for you to do:
Inspiration: Use this platform to share the bigger picture for where the company (or your part of it) is going. Remind employees about those big hairy audacious goals and then remind them about the part they are going to play in getting there. This formula for content provides great inspiration for employees, and when they see that everyone in the team heard the same thing at the same time, it really adds to the inspiration and makes those goals feel realistic.
Strengthen Relationships: In digital first cultures it’s easy to lose the fluff, the chit chat, the small talk, especially when it comes to cross functional relationships. We’re all far more efficient and transactional when working predominantly virtually, this is great for many reasons but sometimes we need to strengthen relationships to help propel the company forward. We will plan the detail of your kick-off event so that people are connecting with other departments or other levels outside of their immediate day to day tribe. Say hello to a year ahead of better collaboration, increased understanding and empathy, and a helluva lot more wins!
Celebration: This event will give you a chance to actually celebrate the wins of the previous year, because let’s face it team drinks on zoom really suck. All our kick-off events have a celebration element as a must, even if results haven’t been completely out of this world and you haven’t hit your stretch-stretch-target or you haven’t landed the mega trillion million google-meta-amazon client you’ve had on your team vision board, there will still be lots to celebrate. Don’t miss the chance or the magic that comes from celebrating with your colleagues in person.
Recognition: An imperative pillar of an employee engagement strategy, recognition should not be missed out in the content of a kick-off event. By nailing this you’re going to see a boost in retention and loyalty, morale, and for those who don’t get recognised they will find a new drive to it’s them next time. We’ll work with you to ensure the format is right for your unique company and team, and then execute it on the day perfectly.
How will Strive help?
Well if you’re the CEO reading this (hi, hello sir) then perhaps you think your enablement manager or your marketing team, or perhaps even your PA can whip up an event like this in 2 weeks and it’s easy peasy.
If you’re in fact the enablement team, marketing team or PA reading this, maybe you’ll know already that your inbox and slack messages are overflowing, you’re already stretched and there just isn’t enough hours in the day to create an event like this… that’s where Strive come in.
We’ll do all the work from finding the venue, to planning the content, to managing your internal stakeholders to meet the deadlines required, to branding, technical production, hotels and logistics. All that stuff and more, sits with us. You make the key decisions and you take all the credit, but you don’t need to be having sleepless nights or pulling your hair out. We got you!
Here are a few compelling reasons to work with us:
Expertise: The Strive team are pros, we’ve done this countless times, we’ve seen it all, we know what works, we know what your employees will respond well to. Obviously right because we’re a professional event agency, but don’t underestimate the amount of your time that will be saved by having this expertise of ours in your corner.
Time Saving: Ok we kind of already mentioned this, but seriously time is everything and let’s face it you haven’t got enough of it to do this alone.
Little Black Book: Want a giant blow up mascot, want a team of drummers to parade into the room wearing your company colours, want a new animation of your logo created, want an espresso martini tap coming from the ceiling. We have event industry contacts to make all the ideas you can have come to life and you get access to our little black book throughout the event planning process.
End Result: No doubt about it, the end result is going to be of a higher quality than if you did this yourself. Your employees are such an important part of company performance, they deserve an experience that is flawless. From slick branding, to carefully planned systems to avoid queues, to exciting on-screen content, we will nail all of these things to a professional standard that makes employees feel loved and respected.
Creativity: In addition to our ninja-like logistics, we’re bursting at the seams with creative ideas and contacts. We bring fresh ideas to the table so that your event feels unique, super relevant to your brand, and a memorable experience for everyone involved.
Not yet convinced? Are you wondering what your new year team kick-off event could look like? Let’s start a conversation. Don’t miss the opportunity to kick-start your new year on a high note. We currently have availability for kick-off events in Q1 and Q2 of, please contact phoebe@strive-agency.co.uk with the subject ‘Kick-off support’ and we’ll do just that.
